Read a SQL Server table into a list using Python + pyodbc

import pyodbc as p
server = 'ServerName'
database = 'DatabaseName'
userid = 'UserName'
pwd = 'UserPassword'

connStr = ( r'DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=' +
            server + ';DATABASE=' + database + ';' +
            'UID=' + userid + ';PWD='+pwd+';')        
lst = []
conn = p.connect(connStr)
dbCursor = conn.cursor()
sql = ('SELECT ColumnName AS FieldValue FROM tblTableName') 
dbCursor = conn.cursor()
dbCursor.execute(sql)
for row in dbCursor:
    lst.append(row.FieldValue)        
conn.close()
print lst

Shrinking Truncate Log File

USE YourDatabaseName
GO
--Run this script to get your TransactionLogName
SELECT * FROM sys.sysfiles
GO
DBCC SHRINKFILE(TransactionLogName, 1)
BACKUP LOG YourDatabaseName WITH TRUNCATE_ONLY
DBCC SHRINKFILE(TransactionLogName, 1)
GO

How to kill session remotely

1. Download PsTools at this address http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896649.aspx and then run Windows command prompt at the folder containing PsTools
2. Run psexec command: D:\PsTools> psexec \\RemoteMachineName_Or_IPAddress -u UserName -p Password cmd
Wait a moment to allow to connect to remote server. A new command prompt will appear like that:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>
3. Run: qwinsta to get session ID need to log off: C:\WINDOWS\system32>qwinsta
A list of sessions will display, choose one you need to kill
4. Run: C:\WINDOWS\system32>logoff SessionID /v

Create linked server to Access 2007 accdb file

EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedserver @server = N'AccessLinkedServerName', @srvproduct=N'Access', @provider=N'Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0', @datasrc=N'D:\Projects\MyAccessDB.accdb'
GO
EXEC master.dbo.sp_addlinkedsrvlogin @rmtsrvname = N'AccessLinkedServerName', @locallogin = NULL , @useself = N'False'

SET NUMERIC ROUNDABORT

What will be the output of the following scripts?

SET NUMERIC_ROUNDABORT ON
SET ARITHABORT ON
GO
DECLARE @c NUMERIC(5, 2),
   @a NUMERIC(5, 4), 
   @b NUMERIC(5, 4)
SET @a = 1.1234
SET @b = 1.1234 
SELECT @c = @a + @b
SELECT @c

A. 2.24
B. 2.25
C. Error message: Arithmetic overflow error converting numeric to data type numeric.
D. 2.2468

Answer:[C]
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Get numbers from 1 to 999 with a query

WITH tblDigit(d) AS (
   SELECT 1 UNION SELECT 2 UNION SELECT 3 UNION
   SELECT 4 UNION SELECT 5 UNION SELECT 6 UNION
   SELECT 7 UNION SELECT 8 UNION SELECT 9 UNION
   SELECT 0)
SELECT t1.d + t2.d * 10 + t3.d*100 AS Number
FROM   tblDigit t1, tblDigit t2, tblDigit t3
WHERE t1.d + t2.d + t3.d >0
ORDER BY t1.d + t2.d*10 + t3.d*100

Defragment indexes

You are writing a new stored procedure to perform maintenance on your SQL Server 2005 databases that defragment the indexes in an online manner. What command should you use?

A. DBCC DBREINDEX
B. DBCC INDEXDEFRAG
C. ALTER INDEX with the REORGANIZE option
D. ALTER INDEX with the LOB_COMPACTION option set to OFF

Answer:[C]
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Logical join

Do you know the difference between logical join and physical join?
What are not logical join?

A. INNER JOIN
B. LEFT JOIN
C. RIGHT JOIN
D. MERGE JOIN
E. SELF JOIN
F. CROSS JOIN

Answer:[D]
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Page size again

Do you remember pages in SQL Server?
Your SQL Server database log file is 5MB. How many pages are allocated to it?

A. 0
B. 640
C. 320
D. 80
E. It depends

Answer:[A]
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Page size

Do you remember pages in SQL Server?
In SQL Server, the page size is _____

A. 1KB
B. 8KB
C. 16KB
D. 64KB
E. 125KB
F. 256KB

Answer:[B]
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